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Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken, Copenhagen

(english)
Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator: J√łrgen Nielsen. Collection: the collection is catalogued but not computerized. Loans are possible and material can be studied in the collection. Size: >50,000 series, including larvae and skeletons. Types: 800 species are represented by types. A type catalogue has been published in 1974 (see Nielsen 1974). Special features: Greenland, deep sea, Denmark; Forssk√•l's type collection; large collection of larvae. Remarks: about a half of Forssk√•l's types have been lost; a large collection of oceanic fishes from the "Dana" expeditions are still partly unworked and are available for specialists. (See also: fish collection)